Increasing Awareness and Understanding of Problematic Substance Use Reducing Alcohol-Related Harms Addressing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Preventing the Problematic Use of Pharmaceuticals Addressing Enforcement Issues Sustaining Workforce Development Implementing a National Research Agenda and Facilitating Knowledge Transfer Improving the quality, accessibility and range of options to treat harmful substance use including substance use disorders (Treatment) Modernizing Legislative, Regulatory and Policy Frameworks Focusing on Children and Youth Reaching Out to Canada’s North Supporting First Nations, Inuit and Métis People in Addressing Their Needs Responding to Offender-Related Issues Raising Public Awareness About Addictions: Creating Momentum for Action National Alcohol Policy Thematic Workshop National Thematic Workshop on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Preventing the Harmful Use of Psychotropic Pharmaceuticals National Thematic Workshop on Enforcement Police and Policing Partners: Supply Management and Demand Reduction Workforce Development Thematic Workshop National Thematic Workshop on Research National Thematic Workshop on Improving the Quality, Accessibility, and Range of Options to Treat Harmful Substance Use Including Substance Use Disorders (Treatment) National Thematic Workshop on Corrections National Symposium on Language

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The National Framework for Action to Reduce the Harms Associated with Alcohol and Other Drugs and Substances in Canada sets out a vision, principles, goals, and priorities for action to reduce the harms associated with alcohol and other drugs and substances in Canada.

National Framework Vision

All people in Canada live in a society free of the harms
 associated with alcohol and other drugs and substances 

• National Framework for Action to Reduce the Harms Associated with Alcohol and Other Drugs and Substances in Canada – First Edition, Fall 2005  (PDF)  
• National Framework – First Edition, Summary (PDF)
• Second Forum on the National Framework to Reduce the Harms Associated with Alcohol and Other Drugs and Substances in Canada - Summary Report (PDF)
• Applying a Sex/Gender/Diversity-based Analysis within the National Framework for Action to Reduce the Harms Associated with Alcohol and other Drugs and Substances in Canada - June 2009 (PDF)
• Sex, Gender and Diversity-based Analysis Checklist - June 2010 (PDF)

Last modified on June 25, 2010